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If anyone needs us, we’ll be in the cardboard Japanese snack house we just built [Photos]
- Casey Baseel
Oct 8, 2026 - Tweet
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Japan’s Cell Phone Memory Restart event reunites users with old photos and past selves
- Casey Baseel
Sep 26, 2026
A solution for when your trips down memory lane are blocked by a phone that won’t turn on or hold a charge.
- Japan
- (cell phones • COK • cool • KDDI • Natsuno Futon • phones • retro • retro tech • smartphone • SNJO • technology)
Osaka’s amazing budget-luxury hotel has free takoyaki, craft beer, and comedy shows
- Elliot Hale
Sep 25, 2026
To truly experience the city, OMO7 Osaka is a dream stay for any traveler.
- Japan
- (accommodation • COK • culture • food • Hoshino Resorts • hotels • Janjan Yokocho • luxury hotel • Natsuno Futon • OMO • OMO7 Osaka • Osaka • regional food • Shinsekai • SNJO • tourism • travel)
Visiting Fukui can teach travelers how to make, and smash, Japanese kawara tiles [Photos]
- Casey Baseel
Sep 13, 2026
Echizen Seramika shares the techniques for both as part of its cool factory tour.
- Japan
- (ceramics • COK • cool • factories • factory tours • Fukui • Japan travel • kawara • Natsuno Futon • SNJO • tile smashing • tiles • tourism • travel • weird)
Japan’s middle-aged fairy man character stole our reporter’s heart in a hot spring town
- Casey Baseel
Sep 13, 2026
Atsuo fell in love with Atami, and Natsuno fell in love with Atsuo.
- Japan
- (Atami • COK • cute • funny • hot springs • Japan travel • mascot characters • Natsuno Futon • Shizuoka • SNJO • tourism • travel • weird)
This awesome Japanese arcade chain has crane game coaches to help you win prizes
- Casey Baseel
Aug 11, 2026
Our crane game novice heads to Benex for a training day with the Assist Crew.
- Japan
- (Arcades • Benex • claw games • COK • crane games • game centers • Natsuno Futon • SNJO • UFO catchers)
Tokyo’s viral 90-yen cafe pop-up returns to Harajuku with yogurt coffee
- Elliot Hale
Jul 19, 2026
Enjoy 45 unique drinks at budget prices.
- Japan
- (cafes • coffee • COK • cool • drinks • drip coffee • Drip Pod • event • Harajuku • Himitsu no Drip • iced coffee • limited time • Natsuno Futon • Omotesando • SNJO • UCC • UCC coffee • yogurt coffee)
Japan’s instant ramen snack theme park features an athletic course even adults can enjoy
- Elliot Hale
May 23, 2026
Sample ramen pizza, alongside other limited-edition items to pick up, or just make your own treats.
- Japan
- (athletic course • Baby Star • Baby Star Ramen • Butamen • COK • food • food theme park • Hoshio-kun • japanese snacks • Mie • Natsuno Futon • Oyatsu Company • Oyatsu Town • snacks • SNJO • theme park • theme parks • tourism • Tsu)
Let’s hike a Japanese mountain (that isn’t Mt. Fuji) – Mt. Tsukuba[Photos]
- Casey Baseel
May 16, 2026
A beautiful, highly customizable hike that’s an easy day-trip from Tokyo.
- Japan
- (COK • hiking • Ibaraki • Mountains • Mt. Tsukuba • Natsuno Futon • nature • outdoors • SNJO • travel.tourism.Japan travel • Tsukuba • Tsukubasan)
We sent two Japanese elementary school kids on a Mother’s Day shopping mission at a 100 yen store
- Casey Baseel
May 6, 2026
With 1,100 yen to buy gifts for Mom, but no other directions, what will they come out with?
- Japan
- (100 yen shops • 100-yen stores • COK • family • kids • Mother's Day • moving • Natsuno Futon • Parenting • parents • Seria • SNJO • touching)
Harajuku’s new permanent Tamagotchi shop is filled with cuteness and a surprising lack of poop
- Elliot Hale
Jan 2, 2026
The colorful displays and activities make Tamagotchi feel a lot less stressful than what we remember.
- Japan
- (COK • cute • event • goods • Harajuku • Harakado • merchandise • Natsuno Futon • shop • SNJO • Tamagotchi • Tamagotchi Factory • Tokyo • Tokyu Plaza)
Tasting–and troubleshooting–the elusive, slushy-like Below Zero version of Mitsuya Cider
- Krista Rogers
Oct 1, 2025
We learned some hacks for ensuring the special drink that’s said to partially freeze when you open it does what it’s supposed to do.
- Japan
- (Below Zero • COK • cool • drinks • frozen • Mitsuya Cider • Natsuno Futon • SNJO • soda • soft drinks • vending machines)
Slice up your own rock candy treats at Papabubble Japan
- Elliot Hale
Sep 19, 2025
Admire how molten candy is transformed into tiny works of art, and then brutally hack at them.
- Japan
- (candy • COK • cooking • cool • experience • experience attractions • food • Natsuno Futon • Papabubble • SNJO • sweets)
Is corn potage-flavored shaved ice the best or worst synthesis of summer flavors?
- Krista Rogers
Aug 12, 2025
We try to recreate an unlikely favorite popsicle treat of years past by turning corn soup into an icy dessert.
- Japan
- (COK • corn chowder • corn potage • kakigori • Natsuno Futon • Riken Vitamin • shaved ice • SNJO • summer • treat)
One woman versus endless noodles in this Japanese restaurant’s all-you-can-eat event
- Elliot Hale
Aug 2, 2025
With only 90 minutes on the clock, how much soba can one person eat?
- Japan
- (all-you-can-eat • buckwheat • catalana • chain restaurant • COK • dessert • eating challenge • food • food and drinks • Koguma-chan • Natsuno Futon • Restaurant • Sagami • SNJO • soba • sweets)
That time we tried to fill the void of real ikemen with 360 cups of Butamen instant noodles instead
- Krista Rogers
Jul 19, 2025
Some may call it crazy to try to replace guys with cup ramen, but as we’ve always said, “Noods before dudes.”
- Japan
- (Butamen • COK • crazy • cup noodles • funny • ikemen • Natsuno Futon • Oyatsu Company • ramen • SNJO)
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Pokémon Company announces first-ever permanent Pokémon store to open outside Asia
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Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
Chainsaw robots helping keep trains running safely in east Japan [Video]
New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
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